John Babington (knight)

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Sir John Babington of Dethick (* around 1423, † August 22, 1485 ) was an English knight from the English noble family Babington . 

Life

He was a son of Thomas Babington († 1464) and Isabel, daughter of Robert Dethick. On the death of his father, he inherited the family seat of his mother's family at Dethick Manor near Matlock in Derbyshire .

In 1479 he was Sheriff of Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and The High Forests . During the Wars of the Roses he fought for the House of York , under Edward IV in April 1471 at the Battle of Barnet and later for Richard III. in August 1485 at the Battle of Bosworth . In the latter, it fell at the hands of Sir James Blount.

Marriage and offspring

Since 1448 he was married to Isabell († 1486), daughter of Henry Bradburne. The couple had the following children:

  • Sir Thomas († 1518)
  • Henry
  • Beatrice ⚭ Ralph Pole
  • Anne ⚭ James Rolleston
  • Margaret ⚭ Edmund Pilkington
  • Elizabeth ⚭ Ralph Francis
  • Isabell ⚭ John Rosel
  • Cecily ⚭ John Samon

literature

  • Joan Kirby (Ed.): The Plumpton Letters and Papers. Cambridge University Press, London 1996, ISBN 0521573947 .
  • Christopher Wilkins: The Last Knight Errant. Sir Edward Woodville and the Age of Chivalry. IB Tauris, London 2009, ISBN 1784534862 .
  • Ralph A. Griffiths, Roger S. Thomas: The Making of the Tudor Dynasty. The History Press, Stroud 2011, ISBN 0752473123 .
  • John Bowyer (Ed.): Collectanea Topographica and Genealogica . Volume VIII, Nichols & Son, London 1843.
  • Bernhard Burke: A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland . Volume I, Colburn & Co, London 1862.
  • John Burke: A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland. Volume IV, Colburn & Co, London 1838.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Towton Battlefield Society
personal data
SURNAME Babington, John
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Babington of Dethick, Sir John (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English knight
DATE OF BIRTH around 1423
DATE OF DEATH August 22, 1485